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Since its launch in 2017, Duke Center for Brain and Spine Metastasis has grown into one of the most comprehensive programs of its kind. Read about Ron Klarin’s cancer journey. @DukeMedSchool @DukeHealth
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RESEARCH: New aging clock can predict risk for dementia, other age-related diseases years before symptoms appear.
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"The other Republicans who were thinking about it are kind of no-names. I think it's Lara Trump's to refuse," says @DukeSanford prof Mac McCorkle, responding to GOP Sen. Tom Tillis not seeking reelection. abcnews.go.com/Politics/lara…
Trump's DOJ is reviving a gun restoration program for convicted felons. @DukeLaw prof Joseph Blocher says key questions exist over how the DOJ will analyze requests. news.bloombergtax.com/us-law…
"If we get serious about heat, we don’t just weather the summer - we will protect workers, safeguard infrastructure & strengthen the systems that communities rely upon every day...," writes Ashley Ward, director, Heat Policy Innovation Hub. @NichInstitute.
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Here’s a few things to consider the next time you think about throwing a plastic item in the trash, the ocean or anywhere other than a recycling bin. @dukeresearch
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Irregular heartbeat: What are the treatments? If medications can’t control your Afib symptoms, cardiac ablation might be your next step. dukehealth.org/blog/duke-off…
Duke News retweeted
Sabrina’s story is one of courage and the kind of research that changes everything. 💛
This #BrainTumorAwarenessMonth, we’re proud to share how Duke’s breakthroughs are bringing hope to families like hers.
Read her story: today.duke.edu/2025/04/after…
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Media Alert: Photos and videos from Duke’s commencement ceremony Sunday are available here to use in your coverage: duke.app.box.com/v/commencem…
“That’s the most optimistic scenario, because that won’t happen,” @DukeEcon prof @FelixTintelnot says of Trump’s claim that the US is making $2 billion a day from tariffs. @DukeTrinity
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News Tip: Pope Francis Remembered for His ‘Great Humility and Simplicity’ @DukeDivinity
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.@DukeEngineering is working to play a key role in developing the next generation of wireless technologies - thanks to a growing roster of experts including former AT&T wireless pioneers Robert Calderbank and Vahid Tarokh. pratt.duke.edu/news/at-the-e…
How to have productive conversations about climate and other touchy subjects. "You learn so much more when you know where the person is coming from," says @DukeDivinity prof @NormanWirzba. @DukeUClimate @EricFerreri today.duke.edu/2025/03/putti…
.@smithsonian director Lonnie Bunch III shares the vision behind the network of museums, libraries and the National Zoo. today.duke.edu/2025/03/smith…
Lenny Santoro was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2011. Thanks to clinical trials Santoro participated in at the Duke Cancer Institute (@DukeCancer), he is healthier today than before he was diagnosed. today.duke.edu/2025/03/drug-…
Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Mark McClellan, now director of @DukeMargolis, talks to @CNBC about HHS mass layoffs, impact on disease prevention. cnbc.com/video/2025/04/02/fo…
The hidden cost of predictable investment rebalancing. @FT references research by @DukeFuqua prof @camharvey. ft.com/content/f08711bb-8880… via @ft
Duke News retweeted
"There are a number of things that I think are misunderstandings maybe about the #departmentofeducation. One is that it doesn't employ any teachers. It doesn't run any schools. It does not dictate what is taught in our public schools."
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ALT Explainer, what dismantling the department of education really means. Prof Leslie Babinski, former director, Duke Center for Child and Family POlicy. Anna Gassman-Pines, Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs. Duke Sanford Policy 360 podcast
"Back in those days, Republicans defended the link between trade and American prosperity. Today, only a few party outcasts, such as Mike Pence, dare to do so," writes @ScottLincicome, a senior visiting lecturer at @DukeLaw. @TheAtlantic theatlantic.com/politics/arc…
